Job title
Advanced Paramedic Practitioner
Hours per week
We are looking for 4 to 7 sessions per week between the hours of 9.00am to 6:30pm Monday to Friday. £55000 - £60,000 per year FTE. 4-7 sessions p/wk.
Job summary
The Advanced Paramedic Practitioner role at Farnham Integrated Care Services (FICS), Farnham Centre for Health, will be a registered Paramedic with post graduate qualifications, including the Independent and Supplementary Prescriber qualification and HCPC registration, acting within their professional boundaries.
This role will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team of AHP’s/GP’s/HCA’s etc, providing care for the presenting patients within our Urgent Same Day Care Service at FICS. An established integrated service supporting the GP Practices of Farnham.
From initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation, they will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care for patients working collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team.
Primary responsibilities
The following are the core responsibilities of the PCN Advanced Paramedic Practitioner
- Alongside a multidisciplinary team, to provide a first point of contact for patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems. Making use of skills in history taking, physical examination, problem-solving and clinical decision-making to establish a diagnosis and management plan
- To provide assessment, treatment and diagnosis for patients of all ages at point of first contact by attending to patients within our Same Day Service at FICS.
- To make professionally accountable autonomous decisions
- To refer patients to an alternative care setting or treat and discharge as appropriate
- To instigate necessary invasive and non-invasive diagnostic tests or investigations and interpret findings/reports
- Generate prescriptions within scope of practice, considering local and national guidelines.
- Deliver specialist care in line with required qualifications, including advanced interventions and clinical decision-making for complex cases
- Use prescriptive authority (where qualified) to enhance medication management, especially in managing long-term conditions, with attention to QOF outcomes
- Provide patient and family education on managing health conditions, preventive care strategies, and self-management aligned with QOF indicators.
- Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of Enhanced Nurse Practitioner, Advanced Paramedic Practitioner or Advanced Nurse Practitioner may be considered for this role.
Person specification
Essential Qualifications
- Masters degree level in the relevant area of expertise or is working at masters level or equivalent that encompasses all four pillars of clinical practice - clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research.
- Independent prescribing qualification
- Registered with HCPC
- Registered paramedic
Essential Experience
- Evidence of experience working in General Practice, Urgent Treatment Centre, Out of Hours, Emergency Department, Minor Injuries Unit or equivalent autonomous clinical setting.
- Advanced clinical assessment skills
- Awareness of telephone triage assessment
- Management of common minor injuries/illnesses and knowledge of needs of patients with long-term (chronic) conditions
- Good clinical system IT knowledge including EMIS
Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Store discount
Pay: £55,000.00-£60,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Store discount
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Farnham, Surrey: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- Do you have experience treating all age ranges?
Experience:
- Advanced Practitioner: 2 years (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Independent Prescriber qualification (required)
- level 7 MSc in advance practice or equivalent (required)
Work Location: In person
